He intrenched himself in his pride.

No one should say he had not had his will! He was a strong man, and was going to prove it to himself afresh! Thus thought Godfrey; but he is in reality a weak man who must have recourse to pride to carry him through.

Only, if a man has not love enough to make a hero of him, what is he to do?
He was away a month, and came back in seeming health and spirits.

But it was no small relief to him to find on his arrival that Letty was no longer at Thornwick.
She had gone through a sore time.

To have made Godfrey unhappy, made her miserable; but how was she to help it?
She belonged to Tom! Not once did she entertain the thought of ceasing to be Tom's.